US YF-5000D Wind Speed Gauge

I’m no engineer but I think it works, was having trouble with a sandblast dust collector and wanted to see what the cfm was as opposed to what it claims to have. It helped me get it working as it should. It has a lot of options, I only used the cfm function. Great price for a tool that comes in handy.

I just needed this unit to provide general CFM reading which it does quite well. It also can perform numerous other measurements which I have not pursued. It appears well made and is fairly simple to operate.

I immediately tried putting this to work diagnosing a split system with excessive coil sweat: airflow measured within spec, but temp read was 15 degrees off. Both probe and temp gun clocked the air at 54, this read it at 69. I didn't buy it for that feature, but it could cause the unwary some issues. Like that is chargeable rather than taking batteries, but it's lack of temperature calibration makes me distrust it's accuracy in reading airflow. As I've no other instrument to check against it and the read was reasonable, I'm willing to run with it for now.

Once upon a time, specialist monitoring devices were chunky, expensive things. £30 for what this is, is pretty good. it's built very well, isn't suitable for an industrial worksite but is perfectly robust as a well tret tool. After connecting the supplied battery, it worked flawlessly, it also functions when plugged in / charging so the use of powerbanks can easily extend its portability. The led screen seems a little large but its dpi is super low so i guess that's why. had to cut costs somewhere. Great product for enthusiasts, potential and actual.

Excellent device. Readings seem relatively accurate. Easy to use with simple controls. Recommend.